Overview
Work History
Education
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Aashna Chudgar

San Jose

Overview

2
2
years of professional experience

Work History

Crisis Counselor

Standing Together to End Sexual Assault - STESA
Goleta
02.2025 - Current
  • Long term counseling: meet with survivors weekly to help them work through their trauma and provide comfort and support
  • Hotline crisis receivers walk survivors through the process of reporting their trauma, de-escalating situations, and connecting them to appropriate resources.
  • Outreach volunteer: Organized a town hall in IV with 50+ attendees to understand needs of native IV residents
  • Policy volunteer: In charge of analyzing West Hollywood ordinance and creating downtown Santa Barbara and Isla Vista equivalent
  • CDPH Grant Worker: Coordinates with IVPB specialist Shelby Vice to make sure STESA is operating under grant guidelines

Medical Assistant

Urgent Care Now
Sacramento
09.2023 - 09.2023
  • Checked patients in, took their vitals and patient history, aided with minor procedures such as suturing and EKGs, translated for Spanish speaking patients, followed up on visits through telehealth, recorded examination conclusions and sent labs and prescriptions through EMR
  • Natomas location: social worker dual responsibilities, assisted in connecting undocumented and low income patients to health insurance, food stamps, welfare payments, and adult education opportunities

Clinical Research Assistant

Apex Research Group
Sacramento
09.2023 - 09.2023
  • PI: Dr. Rusty Oshita, several clinical trials meant to minimize COVID-19 transmission between household members
  • Labeled and shipped samples, assisted with drawing blood and nasal swabs, prepped patients for sampling, and centrifuged blood
  • Long term documentation of patient progress with various drugs, properly file and report to AMA

Education

High School Diploma -

Lynbrook High School
12.2023

Bachelor of Science - BS - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

UC Santa Barbara
08.2023

Websites

Publications

  • The Impact of Alzheimer's Using Social Models
  • Brain Metastases: A Growing Area of Concern in Breast Cancer

Awards

  • USABO Semifinalist
  • Red White & Blue Award
  • Chemistry Honors

Timeline

Crisis Counselor

Standing Together to End Sexual Assault - STESA
02.2025 - Current

Medical Assistant

Urgent Care Now
09.2023 - 09.2023

Clinical Research Assistant

Apex Research Group
09.2023 - 09.2023

High School Diploma -

Lynbrook High School

Bachelor of Science - BS - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

UC Santa Barbara
Aashna Chudgar